Hello all. There are three logical ways anyone can interpret Jesus, if they believe he historically existed. This doesn't necessarily have to apply to Muslims.

HE WAS THE SON OF GOD
This is fairly self explanatory, one of the ways the Muslims could interpret Jesus would be to believe what he said and worship him as the son of God, but since they rejected that what are the other two options?

HE WAS A LUNATIC

If the first definition is denied then Jesus was a lunatic. He was a man who ran around telling people that he was the son of god, if this isn't true then he must be crazy. He cannot be worshiped as just great prophet, if he wasn't the son of God like he claimed to be then he is bat-bloody insane. Jesus would be no more of a worshipable prophet then the homeless guy down at the gas station who tell you the end is near.

HE WAS A LIAR

Maybe Jesus wasn't a lunatic-maybe he was just lying. If that's the case then he was the worst heretic this world has ever seen. He has led billions of people astray, in full knowledge of what he was doing. Why Muslims would think a guy who did this is a great prophet is unimaginable to me.

If Muslims deny the first options then they must assume one of the other two. There is no room for this "Oh he was a great prophet" business. If you deny that Jesus was God then he must have been a lunatic or a liar. The Muslims who interpret Jesus as a good prophet are wrong, and the truth lies in one of the three options.

The resolution is still supported because Muslims SHOULD believe that Jesus claimed to be the son of God, and claimed to have divine powers and authority, the evidence is overwhelming.

Sources: King James Bible

John 8:58 - "Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.'"

John 10:30-33 - "I and the Father are one." 31 The Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?" 33 The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God."

Muslims should acknowledge that Jesus claimed to be the son of God, and cannot be regarded in respectful light by the religion of Islam

I'm reluctant to debate specifically on "the Muslim view of Jesus is more plausible the the Christian view" for example because the voting would be heavily biased. This site is filled with mostly Christians and atheists aren't interested in such a topic, so the debate would not be fair.

I would debate you on the resolution "Jesus is not God" though.

If you accept gimmie until the weekend because I'm a bit busy on weekdays.